Choir Quotes - Page 3

• For why should we not admire more the angels themselves and the blessed choirs of heaven?

  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

  Blessed, Angel, Heaven

  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1951). “Oration on the Dignity of Man”

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• And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high, and anthems clear As may, with sweetness, through mine ear Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.

  John Milton

  Religious, Eye, Blow

  'Il Penseroso' (1645) l. 157

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• When a sunbeam falls on a transparent substance, the substance itself becomes brilliant, and radiates light from itself. So too Spirit bearing souls, illumined by Him, finally become spiritual themselves, and their grace is sent forth to others. From this comes knowledge of the future, understanding of mysteries, apprehension of hidden things, distribution of wonderful gifts, heavenly citizenship, a place in the choir of angels, endless joy in the presence of God, becoming like God, and, the highest of all desires, becoming God.

  Saint Basil

  Spiritual, Fall, Angel

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• I will sing whatever I'm given to sing. Growing up, I would sing anything that I was given. If the choir needed a first tenor, I would sing first tenor. If they needed a bass, I would sing bass. Throughout my life, I just figured out ways to hit notes I needed to hit.

  Josh Young

  Growing Up, Bass, Way

  "THE LEADING MEN: Josh Young and Paul Nolan, Jesus Christ Superstar's Judas and Jesus". Interview with Michael Gioia, www.playbill.com. March 22, 2012.

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• That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day, As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by-and-by black night doth take away.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Twilight, Sunset

  Sonnet 73

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• Ladies of the choir, I want you to sound like twenty-two women having babies without chloroform.

  John Barbirolli

  Music, Baby, Two

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• I have such happy memories of performing in a choir and I don't think I'd have got where I am today without all that experience. So my advice to young singers is to either join your school or church's choir or find one in your local area. Choral music at any level teaches you so much about musicianship and blending your voice.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Memories, School, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To replace the old paradigm of war with a new paradigm of waging peace, we must be pioneers who can push the boundaries of human understanding. We must be doctors who can cure the virus of violence. We must be soldiers of peace who can do more than preach to the choir. And we must be artists who will make the world our masterpiece.

  Paul K. Chappell

  Peace, War, Artist

  Paul K. Chappell (2013). “The Art of Waging Peace: A Strategic Approach to Improving Our Lives and the World”, p.20, Easton Studio Press LLC

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• When we are overcome by some evil will, should we not tremble before the presence of the choirs of angels that surround us?

  Hilary of Poitiers

  Angel, Evil, Overcoming

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• Then the voices of the Ainur, like unto harps and lutes, and pipes and trumpets, and viols and organs, and like unto countless choirs singing with words, began to fashipn the theme of Iluvatar to a great music; and a sound arose of endless interchanging melodies woven in harmony that passed beyond hearing into the depths and into the heights, and the places of the dwelling of Iluvatar were filled to overflowing, and the music and the echo of the music went out into the Void, and it was not void.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Echoes, Voice, Dwelling

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• For what St. Augustine said is true, that one can sing nothing worthy of God save what one has received from Him. Wherefore though we look far and wide we will find no better songs nor songs more suitable to that purpose than the Psalms of David, which the Holy Spirit made and imparted to him. Thus, singing them we may be sure that our words come from God just as if He were to sing in us for His own exaltation. Wherefore, Chrysostom exhorts men, women, and children alike to get used to singing them, so as through this act of meditation to become as one with the choir of angels.

  William Romaine

  Song, Children, Angel

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• In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility and grandeur to the highest degree; it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from religious, calm and imposing accents to savage, orgiastic outburst. Directed by the will of the master, the trombones can chant like a choir of priests, threaten, utter gloomy sighs, a mournful lament, or a bright hymn of glory; they can break forth into awe-inspiring cries and awaken the dead or doom the living with their fearful voices.

  Hector Berlioz

  Music, Religious, Powerful

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• I may be preaching to the choir, but the choir needs a good song.

  Michael Moore

  Song, Needs, May

  USA Today, June 20, 2004.

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• So let me be thy choir, and make a moan Upon the midnight hours.

  John Keats

  Midnight, Hours, Let Me

  John Keats (1914*). “The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats”, p.143, Рипол Классик

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• But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.

  Khalil Gibran

  Song, Hymns, Space

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• Great Powers of falling wave and wind and windy fire,
  With your harmonious choir
  Encircle her I love and sing her into peace,
  That my old care may cease.

  William Butler Yeats

  Fall, Compassion, Fire

  William Butler Yeats (2001). “The Major Works”, p.34

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• To me singing is a joy. Choral singing is a delight. Welsh Choral singing is more than a delight. The Treorchy Male Choir is the best in choral singing. How then can they be described except in superlatives? They are without equal.

  Ronnie Barker

  Joy, Singing, Males

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• For those in the conservative movement to think that you're going to change minds only by preaching to the choir, you don't understand how media works. So that's probably the most potent weapon out there is to go fight the fire, go towards the fire.

  Andrew Breitbart

  Fighting, Thinking, Media

  Source: www.newsbusters.org

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• I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.

  Quincy Jones

  School, Forever, Different

  "Grammy Legend Award". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 28, 2000.

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• In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not regularly, because I never liked writing non-fiction very much.

  Meg Cabot

  Art, School, Writing

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• But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools.

  Polly Toynbee

  Faith, School, Government

  "This is a clash of civilisations - between reason and superstition" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2006.

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• I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.

  Amy Grant

  Kids, Special, Normal

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• I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it's become it's a labor of love. They love what they do.

  Charles Osgood

  Thinking, Labor, Labor Of Love

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• There is nothing like the sound of a Welsh Male Choir and the Treorchy is the finest. They have represented the best of the Welsh voice for generations with honour and integrity. They are international ambassadors.

  Tom Jones

  Integrity, Voice, Ambassadors

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• I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

  Brian Eno

  Atheist, Knows

  "On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno". Interview with Paul Morley, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2010.

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